Read Around Europe Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.
Best books from Europe (4422)
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A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert EN
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Flaubert's most famous short work meditates on the unexamined, futile life of a servant and her beloved parrot.
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Memoriile unei fete cuminţi by Simone de Beauvoir RO
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Primul şi cel mai celebru dintre volumele autobiografice ale lui Simone de Beauvoir apare într-o nouă versiune românească. Memoriile unei fete cuminți, povestea vieții autoarei (născută în 1908) din copilărie până la 21 de ani, când, devenită studentă la Sorbona, îi întâlnise pe Sartre și pe alți tineri intelectuali de viitor, e socotită o operă clasică a genului și ilustrarea vie a filozofiei existențialiste. Este emoționanta mărturie a evoluției unei personalități de-a lungul copilăriei, adolescenței și a primei tinereți; mărturia unei „f... continue
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Le Petit Nicolas by René Goscinny FR
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La maîtresse est inquiète, le photographe s'éponge le front, le Bouillon devient tout rouge, les mamans ont mauvaise mine, les papas font les guignols, le directeur part à la retraite, quant à l'inspecteur, il est reparti aussi vite qu'il était venu. Pourtant, à l'école ou en famille, Geoffroy, Agnan, Eudes, Rufus, Clotaire, Maixent, Alceste, Joachim... et le Petit Nicolas sont - presque - toujours sages.
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Lecciones de los maestros by George Steiner ES
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El intenso encuentro personal entre maestro y disc pulo gu a la reflexi n de Steiner acerca de la infinita complejidad y la sutil interacci n de poder, confianza y pasi n en los g neros m s profundos de pedagog a. Basado en las Conferencias Norton sobre el arte y las tradiciones de la ense anza, el libro evoca a personajes ejemplares: S crates y Plat n, Jes s y sus disc pulos, Virgilio y Dante, Brahe y Kepler, Husserl y Heidegger, entre otros.
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Criză la Moscova by Simone de Beauvoir RO
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Inspirat din vizitele pe care Simone de Beauvoir le-a făcut, împreună cu Jean Paul Sartre, în Uniunea Sovietică între 1962 şi 1966, Criză la Moscova este o poveste despre dificultatea comunicării şi dependenţa în cuplu.
Nicole şi André, doi profesori universitari, pleacă într-o călătorie la Moscova pentru a o vizita pe Maşa, fiica lui André dintr-o altă căsătorie.
Sumbra realitate sovietică îl dezamăgeşte pe André şi declanşează un moment de tensiune în cuplu. Nicole se simte neînţeleasă şi abandonată, criza conjugală oblig... continue
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The Best Stories of Arsene Lupin by Maurice LeBlanc EN
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Based on the popular Netflix series! In the early 20th century, esteemed writer Maurice Leblanc created Arsène Lupin, a French Sherlock Holmes-type who became known as the gentleman thief. Lupin's exploits, in pursuit of the rich, have been documented in more than twenty stories and books, as well as in film. In January 2021, Netflix released a major hit in the entertaining Lupin mystery-comedy series based on the stories. The Best Stories of Arsène Lupin is a collection of the most engaging of Leblanc's writing about Lupin, with a special foreword by West Point associate professor of English ... continue
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Checkout : A Life on the Tills by Anna Sam EN
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Can you scan 800 barcodes an hour? Can you smile and say 'thanks' 500 times a day? Do you never need to go to the toilet? Then working on a supermarket checkout could be just the job for you. Anna Sam spent eight years as a checkout girl. She poured out her frustrations about the job in a blog that soon developed a massive following. Checkout A Life on the Tills is a witty look at what it's really like to work in a hypermarket: the relentless grind and less-than-perfect working conditions, along with the people watching and encounters with every kind of customer from the bizarre to the downrig... continue
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Tête contre les murs by Hervé Bazin FR
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Arthur Gérane, le héros de La Tête contre les murs, vit sur les limites combien imprécises et fragiles de la " responsabilité ". Il est capable de mener une vie normale, ou du moins de faire dans la vie normale de longues plongées. L'histoire très émouvante de son mariage le montre digne d'inspirer un amour très fidèle et le plus sain. Pourtant Gérane est un " inadapté " promis aux coups de tête, aux fugues et même aux sales coups. Dès ses premières frasques les magistrats choisissent de le céder aux psychiatres. Enfermé, évadé, repris ; de la maison de santé à la section criminelle, en passan... continue
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His Brother by Philippe Besson EN
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Lucas’s brother Thomas is dying. At their childhood holiday home, the two brothers wait for Lucas to die. Besson’s dispassionate observation of disease and death is haunting, as he portrays the inability of others to cope with Thomas’ illness and the petty cruelties of the medical system. Interwoven with the chronicle of Thomas’ death are the brothers’ memories of their childhood and adolescence, their jealousies and rivalries, their unspoken bond. As those around them withdraw from this inexplicable, inexorable death, Lucas and Thomas retreat to their childhood paradise to wait for the end.... continue
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Les enfants terribles by Jean Cocteau FR
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50e anniversaire de la mort de Jean Cocteau Paru en 1929 aux éditions Grasset, acclamés par la critique comme le chef-d’œuvre romanesque de Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants terribles racontent l’histoire d’un frère et d’une sœur, Paul et Elisabeth. Paul est blessé à la sortie du lycée Condorcet par une pierre que Dargelos, un de ses camarades de classe, avait dissimulée dans une boule de neige. Convalescent, il garde la chambre où Elisabeth le soigne. Cette chambre devient le théâtre de ce qu’ils appellent « le jeu », c’est-à-dire une histoire qu’ils s’inventent chaque soir et dont ils sont les héros... continue